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Phillies Extend Pete Mackanin’s Contract Through 2017

The Phillies announced Friday that they have extended manager Pete Mackanin’s contract through 2017, adding a 2018 option.

The contract replaces the previous deal signed in September, which guaranteed 2016 and added a 2017 option.

In short, the Phillies like Mackanin enough to give him two guaranteed years and a possible third. And the only real sample they have between the original contract and this extension is a month of spring training, one in which the Phils have played very well, showing plenty of optimism at the end of a rebuilding phase.

Mackanin, as has been reported, is well liked among players. The 64-year-old took over managerial duties after Ryne Sandberg quit during the 2015 season.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.